Posts Tagged ‘streaming media’

Online Video Platform YouReview – Kaltura

August 15th, 2011

By special guest blogger, Charlie Davis. This post originally ran on his blog.

In the jungle of OVPs, Kaltura is one of three open source video platforms according to our trusted resource,VidCompare.com.  Among the experts and journalists in the U.S., Kaltura holds rank among the most popular OVP providers, sharing press with Ooyala, KIT Digital, and Brightcove.  And, you’ll find Kaltura sharing industry insight into hot topics like DRM, mobile, and tablet delivery, as well as being a founding member of the ‘Open Video Alliance’ (www.openvideoalliance.org).

So, what makes Kaltura’s OVP stand out?  Well, from my review of their 30-day trial SaaS offering below, Kaltura offers more flexibility than most OVPs that will likely appeal to the technically saavy user or service provider.  With a role-based content management backend that provides batch processing of media files, content moderation, and insight into content origin, activity and usage, this OVP should be on the short list of anyone who wants more granular control over their content, their contributors, and the software that supports it all.

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OVP VPFactory Masters the Art of Video Player Development

July 8th, 2011

Out of a small shop in Southern California is a start up Online Video Platform (OVP) born from a successful Romanian design firm. They’ve taken a path less traveled in the OV space creating a unique little niche for themselves focusing on fully customizable and elegant video players while offering all of the necessary OVP services for very little cash per month. Stemming from the design world VPFactory has spent almost two years fine tuning their Video Player as a Service (VPaaS) solution with a ridiculously easy to use backend that allows creative minds the freedom to fine tune every detail of the video player with unique WYSIWYG and drag-drop editors that even a technophobe can use.

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Online Video Platform YouReviews (User Reviews)

July 6th, 2011

Starting tomorrow VidCompare will begin a new editorial series called, Online Video Platform YouReviews written by a very special guest blogger, Charlie Davis. Charlie’s love for everything Online Video stems back 10 years which has in recent years focused largely on OVPs when he began signing up for and reviewing video hosting solutions with a thoughtful and unbiased approach. He’s an excellent writer and we’re happy to have his passion grace the pages of VidCompare.

The VidCompare Online Video Platform directory and blog coupled with Charlie’s sharp insights will further aide our users in finding the right OVP for their business.

We hope you enjoy. Stay tuned for tomorrow’s first Online Video Platform YouReview of Ooyala.

Be An Online Video VIP

April 20th, 2011

OnlineVideo.net is running an online video content contest for all of you video producers out there whom are creating original content that is creative and effective in reaching and informing users. The goal of the VIP (Video In Practice) contest is to reward companies who are harnessing the power on online video as part of their marketing strategy to promote and sell their products. I think this is a brilliant idea as I am both a huge proponent of online video and an online marketer so kudos to the StreamingMedia and OnlineVideo.net teams for coming up with the idea.

There are five categories that businesses can enter based on company size:

  • Small business –fewer than 100 employees
  • Large business- more than 100 employees
  • Local products and services
  • National products and services
  • Nonprofit/Government/Educational/Other organizations

The first round of selections will be narrowed by the general public, then a panel of professional judges will select one winner per category which will be announced on June 13. Submissions will be accepted through May 2, voting on May 9 – 23, and finalists announced (top 3 per category) on May 24.

They’ve already got some slick videos collected, check out these small business submissions, here. To enter your videos you can upload from your computer, submit a URL or post to a third party site like YouTube then email the description and company name to onlinevideo (at) onlinevideo.net.

Winners will receive some impressive (and expensive) software to help them further their video production endeavors including:

  • Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium ($1,699 value)
  • Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 Pro ($299 value)
  • Sorenson Media Squeeze 7 ($799 value)
  • Telestream Wirecast 4.0 ($449 value)
  • Wowza Media Server ($995 value)

Get crackin people, this is a cool contest!

Online Video Platform Summit 2 Videos

April 10th, 2011

Back in November I was fortunate enough to moderate a panel on a topic that I am very passionate about, making the right decision when choosing an online video platform provider. We had three interesting and diverse panelists including a master magician, a musician, and a digital marketer;

Austin Brooks began his magic career at the age of 17 when he was accepted to the famed Chavez College of Magic. After two years of intense training, Austin was the youngest person to ever graduate from the college and ranked top in his class. Currently, Austin performs for America’s top corporations and elite parties. He develops products for other magicians and consults for feature films and television shows when they need a magic effect created for their project.

  • Peter Himmelman, Independent Singer/Songwriter, Host of Peter Himmelman’s Furious World

Among rock musicians who matter, no one has check-listed thoseitems more winningly than Peter Himmelman. During his multiprongedcareer as a singer, songwriter and all-around performer, as achildren’s entertainer, TV and film composer and pioneering webcaststar, he has maintained remarkably high standards: Can you point toa song in his vast body of work that feels tossed off, or remember aconcert or club date that didn’t delight and amuse? Is there a popartist of his generation who has demonstrated a greater commitmentto new modes of expression and new methods of connecting with hisdiehard followers?

Leveraging senior-level marketing, strategy and account management expertise, Curt leads his team with the charter to elevate the identity and value of Client Services in the agency experience and runs point on all LEVEL partnerships. Ardent about superior service versus servitude, Curt maintains solid relationships across all LEVEL clients and studios to ensure unequivocal customer satisfaction. Prior to LEVEL, Curt served on the Orb Networks, Inc. executive team where he managed strategic partnerships with brands like Vodafone, Intel and Nokia.

Here’s a look at the panel and if you want to see more head on over to StreamingMedia for the rest here.